Lille, April 28, 2011. Illustration on the SNCF at Lille - Flandres station.
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M.LIBERT / 20 MINUTES
New opening of TER lines to competition.
The Hauts-de-France region has launched the procedure on the routes connecting Paris to Calais, Cambrai and Laon, as well as the future Roissy-Picardie service, the institution confirmed this Friday, confirming information from
Courrier Picard
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By this deliberation adopted on Thursday in plenary session, the regional council launched the procedure for opening up to competition for “Parisian radials”, said the chairman of the transport committee, Luc Foutry, stressing that he was are "strategic and important lines, with a lot of passengers".
Unsatisfactory quality of service
"We are not satisfied with the quality of service, because on these lines, we are regularly less than 80% regular," he insisted.
We believe in the future of the train and cannot resign ourselves to poor quality of service.
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The lot put up to competition, for a duration of contracts not yet defined but "which could approach nine years of effective operation" includes the so-called "Y Picard" lines, and the Roissy-Picardie service, specifies the deliberation of the regional council. .
For the latter, the law requires opening up to competition, the start of operation being scheduled for the end of 2025.
The regional council has already launched a call for tenders for three lots of smaller lines, representing 20% of its TER network - the star of Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise, the star of Amiens and the Paris line - Beauvais.
Contract award is scheduled for the end of 2021, for operational implementation at the end of 2023.
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